Why Don't Churches Care About Animals?

Contents

Introduction, Caveats & Retractions

Waiting for the Church to realise that the Gospel was meant for me too

The Uniqueness of Animals' exclusion from the Churches' Consideration

Society has started to recognise the need for animal rights

Churches Don't Care for Animals - Evidence

Objection - Minority Human Causes are also excluded from Church Concern 

The Churches don't care, wider Society does - Evidence

Christianity fails to change pagan indifference 

Key Doctrines for animals

The enduring influence of Aquinas

Non-Catholic Christendom 

Does the church legitimate self-interest?

Reformation and Humanism

Lone voices

Is the Bible to blame?

The need for theology and doctrine

Concluding Suggestion and Vision

Bibliography

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

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